transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌtəg-ə(v)-ˈwȯr ]
noun
( plural tugs-of-war )
Date: 1677
1. : a struggle for supremacy or control usually involving two antagonists
2. : a contest in which two teams pull against each other at opposite ends of a rope with the object of pulling the middle of the rope over a mark on the ground